Cures that harm: Unanticipated outcomes of crime prevention programs

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 587, Issue , 2003, Pages 16-30

  McCord, Joan ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime prevention; Evaluations; Harm; Interventions; Random assignment; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 21144453523     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716202250781     Document Type: Review

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